Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Malaysia
Malaysia: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 1.27 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Malaysia, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2025, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Malaysia stood at 1.27 index. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Malaysia peaked at 1.27 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.5962 index, in 1981.
That places Malaysia 17th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7564 index | 0.5962 index | 0.9214 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.06 index | 0.9597 index | 1.13 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.13 index | 1.09 index | 1.18 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.23 index | 1.18 index | 1.26 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.26 index | 1.26 index | 1.27 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More gender data for Malaysia
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 214,187 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 227,793 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 214,543 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 228,149 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 213,108 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 226,616 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 211,196 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 224,575 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 217,281 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 231,097 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Malaysia?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Malaysia was 1.27 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5962 index in 1981.
- How does Malaysia rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- Malaysia ranks 17th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.